The story of the more than century-long myth of an all powerful "gene," and how this concept has been used as a social weapon to promote certain political agendas.

Tunde reflects on the erasure of Black chefs from New Orleans’ food culture even as tourism and hospitality hold up the city’s economy.

Tunde visits Chef Syrena Johnson and revisits his conversation with the journalist, reflecting further on the first episode’s interwoven storylines.

Tunde visits two of Detroit’s mayors: Dennis Archer, who blames Detroit’s collapse on his notorious successor Kwame Kilpatrick; and Mike Duggan, the first white mayor in fifty years.

Tunde’s Nigerian food pop-ups in Detroit marked his professional entry into cooking, which coincided with leaving his restaurant, (revolver), after a dispute with his partner.

Tunde catches up with a vendor from the St. Roch Market, whose successful juice stand blossomed into several locations.

The season finale of Hard To Swallow centers on an allegation of racism at the show’s world premiere in Cannes.

Connects the massive 1963 Chicago Public Schools boycott to contemporary issues around race, education, school closings, and youth activism.

Two young men, Gary Duncan, an unjustly arrested Black man and Richard Sobol, his Jewish attorney, take Duncan's case all the way to the Supreme Court to fight for the right of all Americans to a fair trial.

Examines the history of the US eugenics movement and its recent resurrection, which uses false scientific claims and holds that an all-powerful 'gene' determines who is worthy and who is not.